NYPD Officer Daniel Vargas Leaves Hospital After Being Shot In The Bronx
Vargas is still recovering from a bullet to his back. Police say the bullet struck him two inches below his bulletproof vest.
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Vargas is still recovering from a bullet to his back. Police say the bullet struck him two inches below his bulletproof vest.
CBS2 has learned he's been with the department for almost seven years and comes from a family of police officers.
NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea says the officer was struck one time in the lower back below his bulletproof vest.
Police said the victim left his car running while he went inside a restaurant to grab food. When he came out, it was gone.
It wasn't immediately clear if the officers were injured in the shooting.
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